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| THE GRAND NATIONAL | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 7777 | |||
| The 1937 Grand National horse race at Aintree in Liverpool. We see the entire four and a half mile race of thirty riders with horses jumping and falling at various fences. The event is attended by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth who watch the winner 'Royal Mail'. | |||
| HOUSE BUSINESS | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 8337 | |||
| A slapstick comedy film produced by Warrington Cine Society. A man arrives at a building site looking for work where men are building a house, the foreman agrees to take him on. It turns out the man is extremely clumsy and accident prone, he goes on to cause a lot of accidents and mishaps on the site. The film ends with him leaving after he accidentally blows up the house. | |||
| [SIDDINGTON WHIT MONDAY 1937; FALSE ALARM; TRAGEDY; BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 8385 | |||
| Whit-Monday 1937, the Hughes family visit Siddington where they feed swans on Redesmere Lake. In the amateur short film 'False Alarm', Mrs. Hughes baths and dries John before giving him some food. She leaves him in his pram but when she returns she is shocked to find a little girl there instead! Luckily, John was in his playpen the whole time. The next short film is called 'Tragedy' - Mrs. Hughes takes John out for a walk in his pram. She watches a biplane fly in the air, to her horror the plane "crashes." A close up of the "wreckage" shows an unconvincing model aeroplane on the ground. During the 'Nightlife' segment, we see shots of Blackpool illuminations followed by a bonfire and fireworks. | |||
| [WARRINGTON CINE SOCIETY COMPILATION REEL] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 8401 | |||
| A compilation reel of films made by members of the Warrington Cine Society. Crowds gather to place their bets and watch the horse racing in Daresbury. 'Another Cinema for Warrington' - shows the construction of the new Ritz Cinema in Warrington. In Pickmere, a man sits in a mini steam boat, we also see a close up of the engine. Episode one of 'The Screaming Spectre of Bloodshot Manor' - a short film where the two characters are killed off and viewers are invited to apply for character parts in episode two. The film cuts to Chester Zoo, where we see a variety of animals. A mother and her young child feed the pigeons. In the next segment we see the demolition of concrete supports at the Warrington gasworks site. Due to a shortage of sand in Southport, men have to bring in carloads of sand from elsewhere. In the next scene we see Blackpool illuminations as well as the lights Warrington has to offer. Members of the 'Model Aircraft Society' meet in Orford to display and fly their model aeroplanes. The compilation reel ends with a short film about a dog who finds money to buy himself an ice cream! | |||
| WE SAW IT HAPPEN | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 8408 | |||
| Compilation reel made for Warrington Cine Society's first annual show. The first scene features a military parade taking part during the Coronation celebrations which was attended by the deputy Mayor. At Warrington Borough General Hospital, the Mayoress helps plant a tree. On Mayor's Sunday, a state walk begins at Warrington Town Hall and ends at Bewsey Road Methodist Church. | |||
| FISHY BUSINESS IN THE MAKING | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 8411 | |||
| A behind the scenes look at the filming of 'Fishy Business', a comedy film made by the Warrington Cine Society. | |||
| [FAMILY TRIP] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 8982 | |||
| Family trip to Sherwood forest, they go for walks and pick flowers. The film cuts to brief shots of actress and singer Gracie Fields in Wigan railway station, she poses for photographs before being driven through Wigan. Family spend time together in the garden, a young toddler runs around and plays with their toys. | |||
| WHITSUNTIDE - THE SUNDAY SCHOOL PROCESSION | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 9534 | |||
| People gathered for the procession stand and listen to a brass band playing. The procession winds its way through the streets to a field where the crowd listen once more to the band; the procession then begins its return journey. The reel ends with ‘Scrapbook’ – brief scenes of the filmmaker and others standing outside a house. | |||
| [WINDSOR CASTLE] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 9535 | |||
| A look around the grounds of Windsor Castle; there are shots of the castle itself and of guardsmen marching. | |||
| SWITZERLAND 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10064 | |||
| The Wood family holiday in Switzerland in 1937 begins with views of the mountains at Engleberg as a group of women enjoy the view and a man takes photographs. A train ride up Pilatus mountain then in Rigi Rulm we see a group of children pass by and a woman petting a goat. In Tremniezio we have views of the village from a lake and walk the streets of Bellagio. At the summit of Junfrau the Wood family throw snowballs at each other then climb some stairs by a waterfall before a phantom car journey through the Swiss countryside. | |||
| LLANDUDNO, EASTER 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10065 | |||
| The Wood family walking on the pier at Llandudno at Easter 1937. Views of a ferry boat then three women in the garden of a large house/hotel. More adults and children in the garden followed by a group shot of the entire Wood family followed by a walk along LLandudno promenade. | |||
| [RIDING FAMILY & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10305 | |||
| Views from a ship leaving the docks followed by children enjoying donkey rides on the beach and then on a round-a-bout. A group of cars on the driveway and the extended Riding family posing for a photograph. Snowy scenes on a suburban street with a man walking with his dog followed by children in the garden playing with a toy wheelbarrow and car. | |||
| [BURY GOLF CLUB; HOLIDAY IN WEST COUNTRY] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10659 | |||
| A group of people play golf at Bury golf club. On a family holiday to Somerset, they go sightseeing and visit Wells cathedral. | |||
| [SUEZ CANAL VIEWS & SUNRISE] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10743 | |||
| A journey down the Suez Canal on an ocean liner and views of a sunrise over the sea. | |||
| [CAMELS AND ARAB BOYS] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10744 | |||
| A caravan of camels, then Arab boys posing for the camera followed by busy street scenes with donkey drawn carts and pedestrians going about their business. | |||
| COCONUT PALMS | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10749 | |||
| View of coconut palm trees and Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. On the African plains we see giraffes, zebras, hartebeest antelopes, Grant gazelles and ostriches. | |||
| [TATTON HALL EXTERIORS & GARDENS] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10751 | |||
| Out of focus shots of a fountain in the garden of Tatton Hall including close ups of flowers and an ornamental lake with an oriental bridge. | |||
| [THE BAYES FAMILY ON ABERSOCH BEACH] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10796 | |||
| The Bayes family have fun on Abersoch beach. | |||
| [MERIEL AND KAREN AT ABERSOCH] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10797 | |||
| We see a baby wearing a sun hat and then two toddlers sat in a pram in a garden. | |||
| [MERIEL IN THE SUMMER OF 1937] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 10798 | |||
| We see close up shots of baby Meriel lying on a blanket on a chair. There is a brief shot of Wendy in the garden. | |||
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